Car Tax - seemingly optional

[joshleb]

Went to see some family in Ealing today and it appears the DVLA/ enforcement of some kind had done a sweep of the local streets checking taxed cars.

I counted 8 cars clamped with tax letters left on them just within a couple 100m extent, about 1 in 10/15 cars were caught!

Just a lucky/targeted area or do we think there are a large amount of people who don’t tax and just risk it?

[sixor8]

If a car is 'untaxed,' it has to be in the hands of a trader. Or not been taxed since 1998, when SORN was invented!

But declaring a car as SORN, and carrying on using it, is more likely.

[_Rodders_]

Isn't it about 1 in 4 cars are uninsured?

The numbers of cars that are either uninsured, incorrectly taxed, no MOT or in an unroadworthy condition probably outweighs the rest. Certainly in the millions.

I know someone that has been driving for more than 50 years. Never took a driving test, not once been pulled over.

[Terminator X]

A consequence of everything being so fking expensive I guess.

TX.

[Penny Whistle]

sixor8 said:

If a car is 'untaxed,' it has to be in the hands of a trader. Or not been taxed since 1998, when SORN was invented!

But declaring a car as SORN, and carrying on using it, is more likely.

Surely the most likely circumstance is that the tax expired and just hasn't been renewed.